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School

University of Calgary

Department

Political Science

Course

POLI 201

Professor

Jay Makarenko

Semester

Fall

Description

Tuesday, December 3 rd
Today’s Lecture:
­ The Basic of International Politics
­ The International System
­ Anarchy
­ Theoretical Responses to Anarchy
­ Liberal Democracy in Anarchy
International Politics and Domestic Politics
­ Rely on many of the same concepts and definitions
• Still concerned with legitimacy, authority and power.
­ Concerns extra­national issues
• War and peace, the global Economy, relations between states, terrorism,
human rights
New Concepts:
• International law (between states, not above states)
• International norms
• States
• International organizations
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
International politics occur within an “international system”
• A set of relationships that informally establishes international norms and rules
• Guides behavior, expectations and outcomes
Much like the “invisible hand” of politics
The Westphalian System
­ Is the progenitor of our current system
­ Governs the use of power in international relations
­State­ centric system
• State equality
• Non­interference
• Ultimate Authority No international system has completely enforceable rules.
ANARCHY
­ No central a